The Diocese of Evansville () is a Latin Church diocese of the

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in the United States. The mother church of the diocese is St. Benedict Cathedral in Evansville. The diocese was formed in 1944 from what was then the Diocese of Indianapolis. It is part of the Ecclesiastical Province of Indianapolis. As of 2023, the bishop of Evansville is Joseph M. Siegel

Statistics and extent

The Diocese of Evansville includes all or part of 12 counties in Southwestern Indiana. While surrounded by the Diocese of Evansville, the territory of

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is an

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of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis. As of 2014, the diocese had a population of 90,800 Catholics (17.8% of the 510,626 total population) in 69 parishes (grouped into four deaneries) and four missions. The diocese had 71 priests (66 diocesan and five religious), 59 deacons, 234 lay religious (six brothers and 228 sisters) and ten seminarians.

History

1675 to 1944

During the 17th century, present-day Indiana was part of the French colony of

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. The Diocese of Quebec, which had jurisdiction over the colony, sent French missionaries to the region. The first French

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missionaries came to the

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area around 1675. After the British took control of New France in 1763, the

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retained jurisdiction in the Indiana area. In 1776, the new United States claimed sovereignty over the area of Indiana. In 1787, Indiana became part of the

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of the United States. With the creation of the

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in Kentucky in 1810, supervision of the

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shifted there. In 1827, the bishop of the Diocese of St. Louis assumed jurisdiction in the new state of Indiana. In 1834,

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erected the

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, which included both Indiana and Illinois.

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created the Diocese of Fort Wayne for Indiana 1857. The Evansville area would remain part of the Diocese of Vincennes, succeeded by the Diocese of Indianapolis, for the next 87 years.

1944 to 1965

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erected the Diocese of Evansville from the Diocese of Indianapolis on October 21, 1944. The pope named Reverend Henry Grimmelsman, rector of the

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, as its first bishop. Grimmelsman named Assumption Church in Evansville as his cathedral. At the time of its founding, the diocese included five deaneries, 63 parishes and missions; it had a population of 49,737 Catholics, and 75 diocesan priests. The diocese purchased the John Augustus Reitz Home in Evansville from the Daughters of Isabella for use as the chancery and bishop's residence. In 1948, Grimmelsman conducted the first

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for the diocese. The diocese grew rapidly after

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; 12 new parishes were founded between 1944 and 1962 in the Evansville suburbs, Jasper,

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and Bloomfield. The diocese also elevated mission churches in New Harmony and Oakland City to parishes. The diocese constructed the following facilities: * Mater Dei and Rex Mundi High Schools in Evansville * Magister Noster, a high school seminary, in Evansville * High schools in

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, Loogootee, and

* St. Benedict College in Ferdinand * Memorial Hospital in Jasper, sponsored by the

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* A new facility for St. Mary's Medical Center in Evansville, sponsored by the Daughters of Charity

1965 to 1989

The population of downtown Evansville declined in the 1960s, forcing the diocese to close Assumption Cathedral in 1965. Holy Trinity Church, the home of the chancery since 1957, was named the

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, for the diocese. After Grimmelsman retired in 1965,

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appointed Auxiliary Bishop Paul Leibold of the

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as the second bishop of Evansville. Three years later in 1969, Paul VI named Leibold as archbishop of Cincinnati. The pope appointed Monsignor Francis Shea of the Diocese of Nashville as Leibold's replacement in Evansville. Shea constructed a new mission church in

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, in 1967. The diocese also expanded facilities at St. John Home in Evansville and the Providence Home in

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. The diocese also made these changes: * Sold its high schools in Ferdinand and Loogootee to the local public school districts. * Closed Rex Mundi and Magister Noster High Schools in Evansville. Rex Mundi went to

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and Magister Noster became the diocesan chancery. * Closed St. Benedict College * Consolidated the high schools in Vincennes * Closed St. Ann Mission in Shelburn in 1978 * Closed Our Lady of Perpetual Help Mission in Dugger in 1982

1989 to 2010

When Shea retired in 1989,

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I named Monsignor Gerald Gettelfinger of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis as the next bishop of Evansville. Several parishes built new churches in the 1990s, and the Santa Claus mission became a parish. As the number of priests began to decline and the Catholic population shifted to suburban areas, the diocese in 1997 closed St. Patrick Parish in Corning, St. Mary Parish in Barr Township and St. Michael Parish in Montgomery. The St. Patrick and St. Mary Churches were redesignated as chapels while St. Michael was razed. In 1999, Gettelfinger named St. Benedict, the largest church in Evansville, as the new cathedral for the diocese. Recognizing the influx of Hispanic Catholics into the diocese, Gettelfinger opened a Hispanic ministry in 2000. Although the number of priests continued to decrease, the diocese began to ordain several large classes of

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. In 2008, the diocese merged St. Mary and St. Simon Parishes in

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into Our Lady of Hope Parish, then demolished the St. Mary church. The diocese began a formal planning process in 2009 to allocate resources for the future. Pope John Paul II High School opened in Jasper in 2009, but closed in 2012 due to low enrollment.

2010 to present

In 2011,

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named Monsignor

Charles C. Thompson Charles Coleman Thompson (born April 11, 1961) is an American Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Indianapolis since 2017. He previously served as Bishop of Evansville from 2011 to 2017. Career Early life Charles Thompson wa ...

of the

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as the fifth bishop of the diocese, replacing Gettelfinger. Emily Herx, a teacher for the diocesan schools, sued the diocese in 2011, claiming that it had discriminated against her because she was a woman. The diocese terminated Herx when it learned that she was undergoing

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to become pregnant. A jury awarded Herx $2 million in 2014. In 2014, Thompson merged 19 parishes into eight parishes. The diocese also prohibited priests from celebrating more that three masses per Sunday, including the Saturday evening vigil. For some churches in the newly merged parishes, it meant no Sunday masses at all. The diocese in 2015 merged seven more parishes into three parishes. Pope Francis appointed Thompson as archbishop of Indianapolis in 2017 and replaced him in Evansville with Auxiliary Bishop Joseph M. Siegel from the Diocese of Joliet. In 2018, the diocese began renovations of St. Benedict Cathedral. As of 2023, Siegel is the current bishop of Evansville.

Sex abuse

Bishop Evans in February 2019 released a list of ten clerics in the diocese who faced credible accusations of

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against minors. In August 2019, the diocese notified the Evansville Police Department about an accusation of sexual abuse dating back to the 1980s. The victim was then a 14 year old parishioner at Holy Spirit School in Evansville. The unidentified perpetrator died before 1990. In 2007, Reverend Fredy Mendez-Morales had sex with a

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young woman at a youth camp run by the diocese. Mendez-Morales claimed that he did not know that she was disabled. He later pleaded guilty, was sentenced to ten years in prison and was deported after his release. The girl's mother, Silvia Gameros, sued the diocese in 2009, claiming that it was negligent in supervising the girl at camp and tried to convince her to take

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after the attack. Gameros and the diocese reached a settlement in 2013. In March 2022, Reverend Bernie Etienne of Holy Rosary Parish in Evansville was suspended from ministry while the diocese investigated an allegation of sexual abuse from the early 2000s. In November 2022, the diocese determined that the allegations against Etienne were not credible and allowed him to return to ministry.

Bishops of Evansville

Henry Joseph Grimmelsmann Henry Joseph Grimmelsmann (December 22, 1890 – June 26, 1972) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the first bishop of the new Diocese of Evansville in Indiana from 1944 to 1965. Biography Early life Henry ...

(1944–1965) #

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(1966–1969), appointed

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Francis Raymond Shea Francis Raymond Shea was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the third bishop of the Diocese of Evansville in Indiana from 1969 to 1989. Biography Francis Shea was born in Knoxville, Tennessee on December 4, 1913. H ...

(1969–1989) # Gerald Andrew Gettelfinger (1989–2011) # Charles Coleman Thompson (2011–2017), appointed Archbishop of Indianapolis # Joseph M. Siegel (2017–present)

Parishes

''Parish names in bold print. Except where otherwise indicated, a parish consists of a single church bearing the same name.''

South Deanery

* ''

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, and Warrick County'' * Dean: Rev. Phil Kreilein *12 parishes as of July 1, 2016 ''

'' :* St. Benedict Parish (cathedral) :*Resurrection Parish :*Holy Redeemer Parish :*All Saints Parish ::*St. Anthony of Padua Church (parish church) ::*St. Joseph Church :*Annunciation of the Lord Parish ::*Christ the King Church (parish church) ::*Holy Spirit Church :*Good Shepherd Parish :*Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish :*St. Boniface Parish ::*St. Boniface Church (parish church) ::*Sacred Heart of Jesus Church ::*St. Agnes, Virgin and Martyr Church :*Sts. Mary and John Parish ::*St. Mary Church (parish church) ::*St. John the Apostle Church '' Boonville'' :*St. Clement Parish ::*St. Clement Church ::*St. Rupert Church, Red Brush ''

'' :*St. John the Evangelist Parish ''

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'' :*St. John the Baptist Parish

North Deanery

* ''

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, Knox,

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, Daviess, and

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Counties'' * Dean: Rev. David Fleck *9 parishes as of July 1, 2016 ''

'' :*St. Francis Xavier Parish ::*St. John the Baptist Church (parish church) ::* The Basilica of St. Francis Xavier (minor basilica) ::*Sacred Heart of Jesus Church ::*St. Thomas the Apostle Church, St. Thomas ::*St. Vincent de Paul Church '' Bicknell'' :*St. Philip Neri Parish '' Bloomfield'' :*Holy Name of Jesus Parish '' Jasonville'' :*St. Joan of Arc Parish '' Linton'' :*St. Peter Parish '' Loogootee'' :*St. John the Evangelist Parish ::*St. John the Evangelist Church (parish church) ::*Immaculate Conception Church, Shoals ::*St. Joseph Church, Bramble ::*St. Martin of Tours Church, Whitfield ::*St. Mary Chapel, Barr Township '' Montgomery'' :*St. Peter Parish ::*St. Peter Church (parish church) ::*All Saints Church, Cannelburg ::*St. Patrick Chapel, Corning ::*St. Michael the Archangel cemetery and property, Daviess County ''

'' :*St. Mary Parish ''

'' :*Our Lady of Hope Parish

East Deanery

* '' Dubois and Spencer Counties'' *12 parishes as of July 1, 2016 ''

'' :*St. Joseph Parish :*Holy Family Parish :*Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ Parish ''

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'' :*St. Peter Celestine Parish ::*St. Peter Celestine Church (parish church) ::*St. Raphael Parish, Dubois '' Chrisney'' :*St. Martin I Parish ::*St. Martin I Church (parish church) ::*St. John Chrysostom Church, New Boston '' Dale'' :*St. Francis of Assisi Parish ::*St. Joseph Church (parish church) ::*Mary, Help of Christians Church, Mariah Hill ::*St. Nicholas Church, Santa Claus ''

'' :*St. Ferdinand Parish '' Huntingburg'' :*St. Mary Parish ''

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'' :*Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish '' Rockport'' :*St. Bernard Parish '' St. Anthony'' :*Divine Mercy Parish ::*St. Anthony of Padua Church (parish church) ::*Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Schnellville '' St. Henry'' :*St. Henry Parish

West Deanery

* '' Gibson County,

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, and Posey Counties, and

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west of

'' * Dean: Rev. Anthony Ernst effective June 29, 2016 *13 parishes as of July 1, 2015 ''

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'' :*St. Joseph Parish ''Evansville'' :*Corpus Christi Parish '' Ft. Branch'' :*Holy Cross Parish '' Haubstadt'' :*Ss. Peter and Paul Parish '' Mt. Vernon'' :*St. Matthew Parish '' Oakland City'' :*Blessed Sacrament Parish ''Petersburg'' :*Ss. Peter and Paul Parish '' Poseyville'' :*St. Francis Xavier Parish ::*St. Francis Xavier Church (parish church) ::*Holy Angels Church, New Harmony '' St. James'' :*St. James Parish ''St. Joseph'' :*St. Joseph Parish ''St. Philip'' :*St. Philip the Apostle Parish ''St. Wendel'' :*St. Wendel Parish ''Snake Run'' :*St. Bernard Parish

Religious orders

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* Daughters of Charity * Little Sisters of the Poor – served at St. John's Home for the Aged in Evansville for 131 years. Sold the facility in 2013. *

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– located at the Monastery of the Immaculate Conception in Ferdinand and Our Lady of Grace Monastery in

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– monastery near Evansville *

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* Sisters of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis *

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Education

Primary schools

* Annunciation School, Christ the King campus – Evansville * Annunciation School, Holy Spirit campus– Evansville * Corpus Christi School – Evansville * Flaget Elementary School – Vincennes * Good Shepherd School – Evansville * Holy Cross School –

* Holy Redeemer School – Evansville * Holy Rosary School – Evansville * Holy Trinity Catholic School central campus – Jasper * Holy Trinity Catholic School east campus – Jasper * Resurrection School – Evansville * St. Benedict Cathedral School – Evansville * St. Bernard School – Rockport * St. James School – Haubstadt * St. John the Baptist School –

* St. Joseph School –

* St. Matthew School – Mt. Vernon * St. Philip School –

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* Ss. Peter and Paul School – Haubstadt * St. Wendel School –

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* Washington Catholic Elementary School –

* Westside Catholic School – Evansville, St. Agnes campus * Westside Catholic School – Evansville, St. Boniface campus

High schools

* Mater Dei High School – Evansville *

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– Evansville * Rivet Middle/High School – Vincennes * Washington Catholic Middle/High School – Washington

Former high schools

* John Paul the Great High School – Jasper * Rex Mundi High School – Evansville

Healthcare

Hospitals

* Memorial Hospital, Jasper – sponsored by the

* St. Vincent (formerly St. Mary's Medical Center), Evansville – sponsored by the Daughters of Charity

Nursing homes

Providence Home, Jasper – sponsored by the

Diocesan coat of arms

References

Sources and external links

Roman Catholic Diocese of Evansville Official Site

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Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century

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